Windshield wing clamp



Feb-10, 1925. 1,526,037

N. T. ALBRIGHT WINDSHIELD WING CLAMP Filed oml 15, v192s ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. l, 1925.

rarest erster..

NEIL T. ALBRIGHT, OF KOKOMO, TNDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO KOKOMO AUTOMOTIVE MFG. CO., 0F KOKOJO, INDIANA, A CORPORATION.

WINDSHIELD WING CLAMP.

Application led Gctober 15, 1923.

To all whom fit may concern.'

Be it known that I, NEIL T. ALBRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a= resident of Kokomo, county of Howard, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful lVindshield llVing Clamp; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to improvements in mountings for windshield wings and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide a clamp for supporting a wing or the like, Vthe component parts of which are secured in spaced relation by a relatively concealed construction.

Another object of the invention is to construct the clamp for a wing or the like and provide an elongated integral cushion or yieldable member for engaging opposite sides of the wing to be clamped and enveloping the edge thereof, which clamp and cushion have cooperative surfaces for anchoring one to the other.

@ne of the chief features of the invention consists in constructing a clamp for a windshield wing or the like of a pair of clamping members secured together in clamping relation and limited with respect thereto by a concealed spacing construction which consists of a pair of recesses in substantial alignment with each other, one recess adjustably supporting a spac-ing member having a toolengageable portion in the opposite an aligned recess.

Another feature of the invention consists in forming the cushion for enga-ging opposite sides of the member to be clamped (the windshield wing or the like) and enveloping the edge as an elongated strip pro vided with a surface adapted to cooperate with a correspond-ing surface upon the clamping member, whereby said elongated strip will be anchored to the clamping member when in clamping relation.

Another feature of the invention consists in the association of these two features whereby an improved clamping construction is secured.

The full. nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying draw- Selal No. 668,623.

ings and the following description and claims:

1n the drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a portion of a windshield wing, a support therefor and the clamp construction associating said support and said wint shield wing together and including the invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevational' view of the windshield wing, support and the clamp including the invention. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the clamp and support shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4L is a transverse sectional view through the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the resili-y ent cushion member. Fig. 6 is an elevational view of the saine.

ln the drawings 10 indicates a member to be clamped, herein illustra-ted as a windshield wing in the form of sheet glass. Herein 11 and 12 indicate clamping members adapted to be associated with a portion of the vehicle for supporting the support herein shown in the form of a rod 13. locking construction 14C and 15 associates the same together. The foregoing constitutes no part of the present invention.

Suitably supported upon the rod or support 18 is a pair of clamps, substantially similar; and in Figs. 1 and 2 these clamps are indicated generally by the numeral 16.

Reference will now be had to Figs. 3 and 4l, wherein the detailed construction of the improved clampis illustrated in detail. In Fig. 1 it will be noted that the clamping members have an outline resembling that of an arrow head; and said clamping members, herein indicated in Figs. and 4; by the numerals 17, and 18. are each shown provided with a recess 19 in the adjacent faces thereof. The members 17 and 18 are comp-lementary, and provide,in addition to the clamping faces 20. a lateral supporting face 21. The clamping members 17 and 18 are extended as at 22 and 23 respectively, and herein Vthe member 17 is shown provided with a threaded opening 24 adapted to receive aV threaded bolt E25 having a tool-engageable head and passable through a suit able and complementarily formed opening 26 in the member 18. l

Herein the extension 22 is shown provided with a recess 27, which recess opens upon the face adjacent the other'clamping member and does not extend through said extension 22. A, similar' recess 28 is formed i in the'opposite extension 23, and herein one of said recesses is shown threaded. spacing member' 29 having a tool-engageable portion 30 is seatable in one of said recesses with its toolfengageable head seatable in the otlher recess.Y Herein said spacing member 29 has a threaded connection with the threaded recess 28, and the tool-engageable head 3() of said spacing memberl 29 is shown seated in the other recess 2T for maintaining the clamping members 17 and 1S in spaced relation. From the foregoing it will be noted that the recesses 2T and 28 do not extend through the extensions22 and and, JUherefore, a. concealed construction results therefrom. This reduces the possibility of breakage of the Windshield Wing tora considerable degree, since the aforesaid spacing adjustment is made at the fac tory, and unless the entire construction be dismantled, said adjustment cannot be changed readily bythe user ofthe article. In this ivay it will be impossible for the user of the article to secure such a relationship between the clamping members that breaking of the Windshield Wing will be certain to result from tightening the The clamping bolt 25, therefore, canbe tightened Yor loosened as desired to rijfdly secure the Windshield Wing in position upon the support 13, but theaforesa'id concealed spacing construction reduces 'and substantially eliminates accidental breakage from excessive clamping action.

Reference will non7 be had to Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, ivherein there is illustrated the means for cushioning the fragile Windshield Wing in the clamp. Hereimas previously described, the arrou7 headedclamping members 17 and 18 of the clamp are provided with the adjacent clamping faces 20, and the adjacent recesses 19 as Well as a transverse supporting face` 21. interposed be Ween said Vclamps and the member to be clamped (Windshield Wing 10) is a resilient cushion or yieldable member, preferably of flexible rubber, although otlher suitable material may be utilized.

Reference Will nou7 be had to F 5 and 6. In these figures the cushion is illustrated in detail. Said cushion comprises an elongated strip 31 having a flat face 32 and a ridged back. rhe back preferably is ridged by wedge-shaped ridges 33 separated from each other at the median portion of the velongated strip. Herein each ridge is shown with its greatest height along the longitudinal center line of the strip, and aid height from the median of said strip to the end thereof progressively'.decreases. Also said ridge from the median portion of the stripto the free end thereof pr gressiifely increases in Width. The aforesaid ridge 33 is seatable in thel complementaril)Y formed recess 19 of the clamping nember. rllhe clamping surface 2O of the clamping member bears upon the strip and particularlyT the flat portion thereof, and 't rces said cushion strip into engagement Wi' the member to be clamped. The intermediate portion 34C between the ridges 33 envelopes the end of the member to be clamped and is interposed between the supporting face 21 of said clampand the member to be clamped. By the aforesaid, the member he c I., v

tvfee 1t and the enveloping cushion strip and said rushion strip is anchored to the .i by the frict-ional engagement beclampfby complementary surfaces upon said'v clampnand said strip, which prevents accidental removal of said strip through vibra.- tion or otherwise.

The invention claimed is: Y

1., ln combination, a clamp including a pair of clamping members adapted to engage upon the opposite faces of a member to be clamped, each of said members having `rudinally disposed recess in its clamping ilace varying in depth from end to end.,y a cushion member to be positioned upon the clamping faces of said members, and a` projection en the back of said cushion 1.l Aber corresponding in size and shape with said recesses and adapted to snugly lit and engage therein.

2.131 combination, a pair of clamping men frs adapted to embrace the opposite face-s of a member to be clamped, the clampface eli' each of said members having a idinally disposed recess therein incr asing in depth from the inner to the outer end thereof and having converging side Walls for a part of its length, a` cushion member to be bent upon itself With its end portions resting upon said clamping faces, and ridge members'en the backs of said end portions corresponding in size and shape with said recesses and adapted to snugly engage Within the same.

ln Witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed by signature.

NEIL "l1 ALBRIGHT.

to be clamped is rigidly secured in 

